David Purdum, ESPN Employees Author
The NBA oddsmaking crew at Caesars Sportsbook needed to maintain it easy — Bronny James over/beneath 0.5 factors in Tuesday’s opener between the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves.
It might turn into not solely the preferred NBA participant prop of the evening, but additionally one of the crucial in style ever for the sportsbook.
“We had two-way motion all day on it,” David Lieberman, who oversees NBA odds for Caesars, informed ESPN. “This jogged my memory a little bit of how in style the Caitlin Clark props had been this 12 months within the WNBA.”
FanDuel stated that Bronny James prop bets attracted extra betting curiosity than props on Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis and LeBron James, Bronny’s father. The motion on Bronny was principally small bets, however bookmakers stated there have been wagers within the four- and five-figure vary on his props.
“We opened it 0.5 simply to maintain it easy, will he rating, principally,” Lieberman stated. “The betting was really fairly evenly cut up between the over and beneath; most likely extra tickets on the over, however the cash was shut.”
Jake Bensimon, a sports activities bettor in Maryland, stated he positioned a $2,500 wager on Bronny to attain over 1.5 factors with FanDuel at -135 odds. He shared a screenshot of his wager with ESPN and stated it was the primary NBA prop wager he’d ever made.
“[It’s] strictly a wager on Lebron making a bucket for his son,” Bensimon wrote in a direct message on X. “I figured it was one thing LeBron will prioritize and the road appeared truthful.”
Bronny went 0-2 from the sector, lacking an open 3-pointer and a put-back off an offensive rebound, in three minutes of taking part in time.
Some main sportsbooks waited till simply hours earlier than Tuesday’s sport to place up prop bets on Bronny and did not appeal to a lot motion. ESPN BET elected to not put up any Bronny props. Caesars Sportsbook, nonetheless, stated it should proceed to put up prop bets on Bronny this season.
“It is going to be an fascinating storyline and 12 months, and it is market that bettors clearly need,” Lieberman stated.
The Lakers host the Phoenix Suns on Friday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN). ESPN BET is providing +175 odds on each Bronny and LeBron making a 3-pointer towards the Suns, amongst different “Like Father, Like Son” props.
